The House of Organa, also known as the Royal House of Alderaan, the Royal Family of Alderaan, or simply House Organa, was an Alderaanian Noble House that dated back to the earliest days of Alderaan's colonization. Throughout history, the Organa dynasty was the one that ruled over their homeworld the longest. Throughout several millennia of existence, the House Organa sired many well-known figures of the pan–galacticpolitics. Two of its most renowned scions were ViceroyBail Prestor Organa and his adopted daughter, PrincessLeia Organa. Following the destruction of Alderaan in 0 BBY, the name of Organa died out.

Despite its habit of producing heroes, the history of the Organa family had not always been honorable. At some point before the end of the Jedi Civil War in 3956 BBY, the Organas rivaled a Tarisian branch of House Ulgo, and was believed to have hired the assassinSelven for the assassination of the entire Ulgo family. The Organas later placed a price on Selven's head, supposedly to draw suspicion away from themselves for the slaughter of the Ulgos.[7]

In the following millennia, the Organas remained firm supporters of the Republic, believing in patient negotiation rather than aggression. When Senator and Crown PrinceGaul Panteer announced Alderaan's independence, many Alderaanians were shocked. After the deaths of both Gaul Panteer and QueenSilara Panteer prior to the Alderaan Civil War, House Organa, with Galactic Republic backing, made one of many claims to the throne of Alderaan. After the futile attempts to secure the throne diplomatically, House Organa and other prominent houses took matters into their own hands, resulting in the Civil War. DukeCharle Organa, the patriarch of the House at the time, remained the fiercest ally of the Republic on the planet, determined to restore the peace on his homeworld.[10]

Before and during the time of the Clone Wars, the Organa family maintained a vineyard that produced white wine. A favorite of Bail Organa, he kept the beverage at hand in his wine cabinet at his Coruscant apartment.[11]

"Organa" or "Ogana Major" was originally the name of a desert planet in the first draft summary of the original script of A New Hope, which was called Utapau in the first draft itself. In the treatment summary and rough draft, it was called Aquilae, but became a distinct world in later versions. By the second draft, Utapau had become Tatooine, and Ogana Major was what became Alderaan in the final script. Organa survived the various name changes as Princess Leia's surname.[18]